Why did we not prolong Drury's injury and put him on IR, think of the salary flexebility this would give us.

Because there's no real flexibility considering any salay you fill in has to come off the books when he comes back. Sheesh people, when are we going to stop looking at LTIR as a way to circumvent cap space (like the long term contracts being handed out) and realize there are mechanisms in place to prevent this sort of thing from happening.